Safety-razor.



Spociffcatioo of offers atet p1io tion file(1 DeoeInbef 7, 1916. Ser1al To, 135,519.

B6 it knoWn that I, ()SRo OLARK, a oitiZen of the IIlited StateS, and feSident of ffevaTk, County of SSex, and State of NeTv JeSey, hve invented certoin 1eW and IISefL11 Ilnproven1enfs in Sofety-loZorS, of vhich tl1e folloving iS o s )eoificatioI1.'

ThiS invention r,eloteS to an iInproved sofety raZo' yhioh iS of t11e type having a gL ord in vhiCh iS pivoted a Svingiog )lote, vhich haS fnea1S foI' forcing the plate toxvard the blaCle, xvhen thnS fofced c1aTnp ing the blde betWeen the lote and fingerS, the bl de being lle1(1 in pfoPer Shaving Po Sifion With itS clltting edge odiaceot to the ffonf edge of the gud. It iS I1eceSSafy to ho1d the blaCle in ceTtain oSition vith itS ontting roClge of ro er diStaTloe iT1 feof of the feeth or gnarding portion at the ffont edge of the guafd, beoauSe if the blaCle )'oieofS t00 fof it iS aPt fo cL!t the foce, I1d if it iS held too far back it vill I1ot give L oloSe Shaye. The blade iS olSo positioned So thot proieotionS on the unTd shield itS cofnefS, fheSe COfnefS, if left Llngfde, (11ttin the Skin vhen fhe faZor iS held in cerfain position to cauSe the cornefS of the blade to engage the skiI1 With the Join of the oornefS.

The gnard porfionS xvith fhe pfoieotions thereon a'e IlSIlolly Inade of Soft n1etal, S11Ch os braSS, and the bladeS bein ndo of Steel, it hS been fonnd that xvhen fhe blade iS fofced forTvard ogainSt the proiectionS So S to liInit the entTance of the blade, the back edoeS of the pfoiecfionS are Soon ctlt avvay ond the b1de InoveS fofWord beyond itS roper shaving poSftion. It iS thllS eSSen tial to Sfo the blade by InenS other than the Shielding proeCti0nSq and I have deviSed fixed Set of SfopS in the forIn of hl S on the guaTd portion, Tvhich ]11gs are adopted to be engaged by the bRoking of the blRde s0 as to prevent the oL1ttin of the p1 oieo tioI by exoeSSive oontoct of the blade there Wif Tho p1ate that SvingS on the gLlnrd iS Inade to Svving looSely, S() fhat it oan bo Svun out of poSifion bv a ierky noven1ent of the onard porfion Tvhen fhe blade iS ont of posftion fo enab]e the device to be easily oleaned, nd thfS free sTvinging iS canSed by 9d looSe pivoting of the plafe, vVhfch be coIneS 100SeI' Tvhen the razor is llSe(1 on ao coont of the vvear oI1 the Soft Inetal rtS and to ovefoonlo Such inequolities, Which eot the sto S of lugS When loood oI tho Svingig lote, 1 hoe so )oSitioned the lug 011 t1e gTd So fhot the CliStaI1Co betfveen the Sto Ping edges of tho l gS nd the reaf edgeS of the foeCtionS is not leSS thon t11e diSfoI1oo befvee the ootting edge of the b1de andthat arf of tho b a ing Which iS engaged by the. 1og

1nofhe odvntge in this 1oo tion of the Sfo ing lugS iS the faCt that it fovideS I1() ()eofi onS on tho STx iI1ging late, t11e ath of the plafo fb of int erfe ing the e Sy 1ding of the bl o into the rer, aId fho doyico alSo ha oo toodency to domage fhe oI tfing oge of t1o blode do ing fhe in Pffion of the blade into fhe 1-1 Zo The faZor oonSiSfS of gnard )ortion 10, f11e gUafd OTJfion havingon itS`front edge Set of teeth 11 or ny equivalent Shielding of' gniding Surfoce, the POftion 12 in reaf of the teeth being adapted to receive the front edge of the blado. The end teeth afe formed ith roiectionS 13 laced -so thot they Will Sllield the coroefS of the blade vhen the b1de iS in Shoving posifion. The endS of the goofd fe rovided vith IneanS fof Shielding Sx 7inging lato iI1 periphera1 felation thefefo, thiS being llSI1ally done by Sriking o ffoTn the guafd ortion earS 14: i1 Which the plate 15 is pivoted to SWing fro1T1 ffee1 the ooInn1on Inanner of ivoting being to fovide the )lLte vvith pinS oI' })foieCtionS 16 vhi h rojeCt through er fofttionS 17 iI1 tho eafS, and, fitting 100Sely,

`fhe plafe haS oonSiderable ploy, so that When fhe blade iS not in OSition the plate can be SWnng bock by SnaPping oI' ierking fhe hnd1e carrying the guord portion.

fhe blade 18 iS rovided With baoking 19, the backing nSnaHy being 1T1lC1e by folding over Inefal SfI'ip t0 inolose the baok endS of the blode 18, the blade being Slid in floIn the back along the to endS of the plate 15, Which plate iS Smooth and offerS no obStruction to the entranoe of the blade, the blade alSo aSSing onder fingers 20 Tvhich Proiect 11 vaI'd ond then inTvard f'oo1 the ends of tbe goofd, ond When i1 

